14-Year-Old Who Fled South Sudan: 'They're Killing Women, Children'
The fighting in South Sudan has intensified. In search of refuge, thousands are pouring into neighboring Uganda.
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Honk If You Love Memes: The 'Om Telolet Om' Phenomenon, Explained
Kids in Indonesia are asking bus drivers to "om telolet om!" — which loosely translates to "sir, honk your horn, sir!" The melodious sounds of Indonesian bus horns are now all over the Internet.
Study: Child Laborers In Bangladesh Are Working 64 Hours A Week
A new report from the Overseas Development Institute finds that impoverished children are working long hours in violation of the country's labor laws.
ISIS Drove Them From School, Now The Kids Of Mosul Want To Go Back
A boy from Mosul, now in an Iraqi camp, quit school after ISIS took it over. "The children were terrified," says his mother. "They should be playing, and instead it was blood, blood everywhere."
300 Million Children Are Breathing 'Extremely Toxic' Air, UNICEF Says
Altogether, some 2 billion children worldwide are breathing air that has been deemed a "long term hazard," a report finds. Pollution contributes to around 600,000 deaths annually of kids under age 5.
Born In The U.S., Raised In China: 'Satellite Babies' Have A Hard Time Coming Home
Some immigrant families from China send their U.S.-born babies to their home country to be raised by relatives. Psychologists are studying what happens when these children return home.
Should We Be Having Kids In The Age Of Climate Change?
For some climate activists, the personal decision to have a child is also fraught with moral consequences: the negative impact on the environment, and on the quality of life for those children.
A Yemeni Mother's Plea: Don't Forget Our Children
Millions of children in Yemen are being killed, injured or traumatized. A mom and activist outlines how the world can help them.
Lightning Strikes Child's Party in Paris And Soccer Match In Germany, Injuring Dozens
More than 40 people — most of them children — were injured from lightning strikes in two separate incidents in Europe on Saturday.
On Mother's Day, Mourning The Mom My Baby Will Never Know
I watched my mother disappear bit by bit as cancer destroyed her brain. I don't know if she heard me when I said I was pregnant. But I still feel her love. I think our baby will, too.